UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP PS

UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP PS is one of the mid-sized elementary-level communitys in DALLAS, Texas, one of the schools within UPLIFT EDUCATION, with 712 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 37% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within UPLIFT EDUCATION, which oversees 45 schools and 23,384 students, UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP PS is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP PS shows that 68% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school logs 26% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP PS has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP PS higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Dallas County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP PS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.0%; this one delivers 32.3%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Dallas County put median household earnings sit near $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP PS is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP MIDDLE, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP PS ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 36.0%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting. UPLIFT HAMPTON PREP PS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 23%: 579 students in 2018 compared to 712 in 2025.

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